What is SaaS?

SaaS provides immediate, flexible, and affordable access to high-end business software for a small monthly fee. Through SaaS, advanced software and networking are no longer exclusive to the wealthiest companies, but available to a company of any size -- at a cost that usually averages 80% less than out-of-the-box.

How does SaaS work?

In the old way of doing things, businesses would purchase an expensive business program on CD-ROMs, buy even more expensive servers, as well as hire IT staff to maintain the system. Implementing and de-bugging these new network tools through the office often took weeks. Now, instead of owning software - and all the investment, maintenance, and depreciation it entails -- you can simply rent use of that software from a hosting provider such as PHASE 2.

Subscribe, don't buy.

The benefits are clear: a user of SaaS software avoids the upfront outlays in software, hardware and employee resources. Maintenance stops being an issue because PHASE 2 takes care of software upgrades, hardware failures, and ongoing administration. This cumulative amount of investment is often referred to as Total Cost of Ownership. High-end network applications that gain extra value in SaaS include Collaboration tools, document sharing, project management, Customer Relationship Management, accounting, HR and advanced messaging tools.

Subscribing to a hosted application provides immediate results, allowing your choice of application to be available to all team members within hours, compared to weeks with a physical installation. SaaS is also superior to office-based servers for its mobility. Workers at multiple office locations can use the same essential documents, data, and tools. This data and software are accessible anytime and anywhere employees need them - at home, in a client's office, or on the road.

PHASE 2 also adds greater value to its clients by offering groups of commonly used programs as an integrated package, as well as customization of your applications to better fit your business processes.

Does SaaS save money?

Absolutely, yes! Our most recent analysis has shown that you can save up to 80% of the costs normally associated with implementing high-end business applications by using SaaS software. You get the very same software as the enterprise applications, but are paying for it on a low monthly payment, on an as-needed basis. SaaS is convenient, cost-effective and makes perfect sense for a company of any size, from start-up to large operations. SaaS makes high-end business software available to small companies who would not normally be able to consider using this type of software. It also makes sense for larger companies looking to reduce costs, maintenance issues and improve productivity.

My Company is a larger, established, company. Is SaaS worthwhile?

According to a 2006 survey by Forrester Research, SaaS provides a better deal for companies with 100 - 499 employees, with about half of those as users, over the old methods of on-premise software installations. "For companies with 50-100 users, [SaaS] is a slam dunk," states Ray Wang, a Forrester analyst in a recent article in TechTarget. "Even for those with 250-500 users, they have to think whether they want to retain all the IT staff that aren't critical to the business." View the entire report at: Forrester: The ROI Of SaaS. According to Wang, SaaS is more economical for companies with up to 500 employees and 100 users over 10 years, compared to the on-premise alternatives.

Where do I sign up?

PHASE2 offers a range of attractive plans for single and multiple SaaS applications that will deliver immediate high-productivity tools throughout your operation. All of our services are delivered with standard customizations including a company portal page. We also offer additional, fixed-fee customizations that can assist your workflow processes and management abilities within your network applications. See how SaaS with PHASE 2 is a better way to use software. We offer a 30-day, money back guarantee, and full support teams to enable you to be productive within minutes!